NEWS

Mission StatementsThe next time you are in the building, check out the 5th grade mission statements posted just outside the classroom. Wow!

School Assembly: New BeginningsThe week started out with an awesome first school assembly on Monday. Student Leadership shared a humorous skit about the importance of new beginnings with topics like

The Mystery of the Morning Mix-Up

The Case of the Soapy Bathroom, and

Car Line Confusion!

Good job, Leadership Students! I look forward to more mysteries explored in our future assemblies.

Individual students, nominated by classroom teachers, were recognized for new beginnings and spun the Prize Wheel for extra recess time, an hour in the Executive Director's chair, Student Store Dollars, and class marshmallow battles!

Classroom Parents Needed!We rely on our parent volunteers and expect at least one lead parent volunteer in each classroom. The Lead Classroom Parent helps to organize volunteers for field trips, events, and general teacher support.

Unfortunately, some of our classes do not yet have a Lead Parent Volunteer. Be a Lead Classroom Parent Volunteer -- make sure your child's teacher is supported.

Holiday & Birthday CelebrationsIt's come to my attention that the School policy and practice regarding holiday and birthday celebrations was not included in the 2016-17 Parent Student Handbook. I am sorry we missed this one, but wanted to make sure everyone knows that we don't celebrate holidays or individual birthdays with parties or goodies in the classrooms. We do this to protect the quality of our time dedicated to teaching and learning, as well as maintaining fidelity to the Core Knowledge Sequence.

Let me know if you have any questions.

Emergency Evacuation Drill Kudos! to students and teachers for a quick and organized first emergency evacuation drill on Tuesday. The Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue asks schools to calculate the duration of the drill from the moment the alarm is activated until the last person reaches safe evacuation. The alarm sounded during a passing time, but we were out of the building in 3:34 minutes and accounting for every child's presence took less than a minute more. In all, the duration of the drill was 4:28minutes.

2015 Test Scores We will send home with your student his or her 2015 SBAC score letter from the District. Watch for a sealed envelope in backpacks this next week.

Yoga For Kids REMINDER! Tuesday is the first day -- you can still register online or the first day of class.